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- From: Artyom@kansmen.com (Art Shelest)
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- Subject: Re: Q: How to tell if a file is done?
- Date: Fri, 01 Mar 96 20:03:53 GMT
- Organization: Kansmen Corp.
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- In article <31350A44.41C6@quality.com>,
- Arun Jamwal <jamwal@quality.com> wrote:
- >Hi there,
- >
- >I have a remote process on system A transferring file, say FILEA.
- >Another processes on system B wants to read file FILEA as
- >soon as the WHOLE file has been transfered.
- >
- >I know one can tell process B the size of the file FILEA before the
- >transfer and then process B does a fstat to check the size....but
- >is there any other way?
- >
- If you can tell process B the file size, do so _after_ transferring the
- file -- this will be indication that file is transferred.
-
- _Art.
-